Monday, March 03, 2008

Cameron: I love discrimination, me. Because I'm a moron

David Cameron last night pledged to give a third of jobs in his first government to women in a highly controversial plan that risks infuriating male MPs. The Tory leader wants to ensure female politicians are not mere 'window dressing' but can influence decisions affecting women's lives.

Leave aside all the arguments that positive discrimination is still discrimination: give the likely number of female Tory MPs after the next election he’s going to be trawling in a pretty shallow talent pool.

Promising to employ incompetents because of their haplotype isn’t the most compelling reason to vote for someone.